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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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